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New farmer workshop will focus on profitability
Workshops designed to help improve farm profitability.
‘Farm Kings’ is renewed for third season
Great American Country has renewed its original television series Farm Kings for a third season, the network announced recently.
Antique Persian rug sells for $11,600
– Masterson Brabander Auctioneers held an antique auction April 4 in Valley City, Ohio, with 87 registered bidders in attendance. The top-selling item was a 10-foot by 16-foot antique Persian rug that, after some intense bidding, sold for $11,600. Other top sellers included vintage dress trims, an Austrian petit point purse and costume jewelry. One
Meetings offer advice for beef farmers
SALEM, Ohio — Turbulent change has rattled the beef industry recently, leaving many producers wondering how to take the next step. A February meeting series called Managing Dynamic Change in the Beef Industry will guide farmers through the process of understanding today’s beef cattle business. Topics to be covered include herd profitability; buying, selling and
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Nov. 20, 2008
TORONTO, Ohio — The Bareshoe Wranglers met at the Glen Mills Center for a covered-dish banquet recently. Adviser Frank Mayer was in charge of the meeting. Certificates and pins were handed out. Awards were presented to Ian Porter, most improved; Holly Mayer, all around; Heidi Hickle, most outstanding; and Jennifer Smith, sportsmanship. The next meeting
Diseased plants potentially shipped to Pennsylvania nurseries from California
Pennsylvania may have received nursery plants infected with the fungus-like plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, also known as Sudden Oak Death.
College students lack scientific ability
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Most college students in the U.S. do not grasp the scientific basis of the carbon cycle — an essential skill in understanding the causes and consequences of climate change. The study, whose authors include several current and former researchers from Michigan State University, calls for a new way of teaching —
You shouldn’t believe half of what you read in e-mail
A new “friendly warning” that’s been hitting e-mail boxes around the country, about the release of credit information, is a hoax.
U.S. Supreme Court: American Farm Bureau challenges plowing decision
A California orchard and vineyard has been prohibited from planting additional vineyards on its private farmland due to interpretations of federal wetlands regulations and of allowances for normal farming activities.
Be choosy in plant selection if you want to try wildflowers
Who hasn’t wanted to try their hand at growing a few wildflowers after walking through the woods on a day in May or June? A forest floor carpeted with trilliums or lady slippers is an inspiring sight.
